barrelene

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noun

The bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene

OriginEnglish barrel ← Middle English barel ← Old French bari →
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Meanings

nounbarrelene (countable and uncountable, plural barrelenes)

plural barrelenes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryThe bicyclic organic compound bicyclo[2.2.2]octa-2,5,7-triene

Origin

  1. Old Frenchbari
  2. Middle Englishbarel
  3. Englishbarrel
  4. Englishbarrelene

From barrel + -ene, from the resemblance to a barrel, with the staves being three ethylene units attached to two methine groups.

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APA

barrelene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrelene

MLA

“barrelene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrelene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barrelene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrelene.

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